marvel
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The unshowy dedication to craft is a marvel, and so is much else in this crystalline little film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Ming dynasty floating-crab cup is a marvel to behold.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Completed in 1902, the building was an architectural marvel with a pioneering steel-frame construction making it one of the city's first skyscrapers.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Written after Lopez was starstruck by a woman, its first lyrics begin in wondrous marvel: “Tal vez fue tu mirada,” or, “Perhaps it was your gaze.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Did he know what Paragon the marvel exam would place her in at the end of the year?
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
One of the marvels of this novel is how effortlessly such sentences land, despite being honed to perfection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He marvels at the latest evidence of the grandchildren’s genius, like any grandfather should, and spoils them with treats and toys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
An African or Caribbean man of perhaps 30 marvels at his room service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
There were wonders for sale, and marvels, and miracles; there were things undreamed-of and objects unimagined.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
When Molly Taylor started taking Mounjaro in the fall of 2024, she marveled at the speed of results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
While the “Heartstopper” team expected the series to resonate with younger audiences, they have been particularly moved by the reactions of older queer viewers, who have marveled at the strides in LGBTQ+ representation onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Touring a young United States in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at Americans’ boundless appetite for commerce, industry and wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
ROMONT, Switzerland—Willy Wonka would have marveled at one of the machines at a manufacturing plant here—a contraption that injects flavors into coffee capsules via a set of whirring tubes labeled “hazelnut,” “caramel,” and “blueberry cheesecake.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Duane marveled at how the hare recalled all the details of Handsome’s river crossing and was willing to ignore her own fears in the assistance of Handsome and Major Puff.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
"Even the risk of that doesn't stop people from perpetrating fraud," Elahi marvelled.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Maher, a crochety liberal-leaning comic who has grown more crochety and less liberal as societal norms have passed him by, marvelled at the fact that he could make the commander-in-chief laugh.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
He had often marvelled at that fact in his professional career.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
“She would stare at a tree: ‘Look at the way the sun goes through the branches,’” Padilla says, marveling.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
She and Justin held their daughter for a few precious moments as her heartbeat stilled, marveling at her perfect tiny fingers and toes and whispering private words of love.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
We looked at maps, got advice on where to go next and ate our sack lunches at a picnic table, marveling at those green slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
In fact, your guide probably has had no direct knowledge of—or even personal interest in—sunbathing on the Gulf Coast, rock climbing in Moab, or marveling at the architecture of Milan.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
I was marveling at all the different types of people in this city.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Australian tourist Olivia Martell-Groves went all in for the seasonal experience, and donned a flower-printed kimono while marvelling at the flowers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
His own style, which is to say his mind, was compulsively metaphorical, gorgeously maximal, enough so to make him worry about “an implicit marvelling at myself as expressor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Musk has responded to the protests by sharing a video on X - the social media platform he owns - of a Cybertruck customer in Texas marvelling at the vehicle's full self-driving mode.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
“Conjuring ain't marvelling, that's for sure,” Gran shouted from the porch with a laugh.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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